Causa vs. Juan Pablo, a Santa Bárbara neófito, for inducing ~10 fellow neophytes to make a 'representación violenta' against their Padre Ministro — complaining the Padre had sold / was selling the mission's cattle, the roof-tiles of the mission houses, the mules, and the beach house (asset-stripping; recruited via Francisco Soya[?], Hilario the blacksmith, et al.). They petitioned alférez Domingo Carrillo. Fiscal sought 1 yr public works. ⭐⭐ Asesor Gómez sides with the neophytes: free Juan Pablo, and instead open an investigation into the Padre, who — if the complaint proves true — is to be told 'no estar facultado p[ar]a vender las fincas de la misión, y mucho menos p[ar]a acabar los alimentos y vestuario á los neófitos' when there are esquilmos to cover it. (End not present.) A striking mission-asset-stripping / indigenous-protest case on the eve of secularization (pairs with Expanded Entry E). Orig. pp.779–800.
| Date | 1831-10-13 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Lic. Rafael Gómez, Asesor (fiscal sargto Dámaso Antonio Rodríguez) |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 779–800 |
| Savage copy page | 312–314 |
| Scan leaf | n317–n319 |
| Document type | verbatim/criminal |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Lic. Rafael Gómez, Asesor (fiscal sargto Dámaso Antonio Rodríguez), Monterey, 1831-10-13, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, 779–800, Archives of California, C-A 19, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within LXIX–LXXVII]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca19/ca19-d173.html